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Umberto Eco

Born

in Alessandria, Piedmont, Kingdom of Italy

January 05, 1932

Died

February 19, 2016

Genre

Historical Fiction, Mystery, Philosophy

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Umberto Eco was an Italian medievalist, philosopher, semiotician, novelist, cultural critic, and political and social commentator. In English, he is best known for his popular 1980 novel The Name of the Rose, a historical mystery combining semiotics in fiction with biblical analysis, medieval studies and literary theory, as well as Foucault's Pendulum, his 1988 novel which touches on similar themes.

Eco wrote prolifically throughout his life, with his output including children's books, translations from French and English, in addition to a twice-monthly newspaper column "La Bustina di Minerva" (Minerva's Matchbook) in the magazine L'Espresso beginning in 1985, with his last column (a critical appraisal of the Romantic paintings of Francesco ...more

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	The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 398,491 ratings — published 1980 — 730 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 75,319 ratings — published 1988 — 318 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	History of Beauty by Umberto Eco (Editor), Alastair McEwen (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 67,909 ratings — published 2004 — 78 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Prague Cemetery 3.51 avg rating — 30,388 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Baudolino by Umberto Eco, William Weaver (Translator) 3.80 avg rating — 25,516 ratings — published 2000 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	On Ugliness by Umberto Eco, Alastair McEwen (translator) 3.88 avg rating — 19,134 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Island of the Day Before 3.50 avg rating — 16,432 ratings — published 1994 — 177 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Numero zero 3.17 avg rating — 14,628 ratings — published 2015 — 134 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco, Geoffrey Brock (Translator) 3.39 avg rating — 12,771 ratings — published 2004 — 138 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Il fascismo eterno 4.32 avg rating — 9,916 ratings — published 1995 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Diario minimo (2 books)
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The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro pub. 1989, 258 pp., last read Sept 2018

45 votes, 22.1%

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne pub1873, 252 pages, Group read Dec 2013

36 votes, 17.6%

Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville pub. 1851, 654 pages, last read as a long-read April-June 2017

26 votes, 12.7%

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin pub. 1968, 183 pp., last read 2018

26 votes, 12.7%

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco (pub. 1980 pp. 536, last read June 2016)

25 votes, 12.3%

The Epic of Gilgamesh by Anonymous pub BCE 1800, 120 pp. last read July 2019

23 votes, 11.3%

Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers pub. 1934, 209 pages, last read Oct 2015

23 votes, 11.3%

204 total votes

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